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Number 1, 9 May 2006


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Foreword
========

Hi, and welcome to our newsletter ! We will be sending you news on
software patents once a month to tell you what is happening, what we are
doing, and how you can participate in the battle for an open and fair
information world.

We are open to questions and suggestions, and we will work with you to
make this newsletter as useful as we can. If you want to contribute to
FFII  monthly newsletter about software patents, please do not hesitate
to contact us on brussels@ffii.org.

-- The FFII Team

=======
Summary
=======

* Commission consultation on EU patent

* FFII's action toward Commmission consultation on EU patent

* EPLA

* IPRED 2

* Agenda

* About FFII

* Make donations to FFII

============================================================
Commission consultation on EU patent
============================================================

In January 2006, the European Commission started "on the future of the
Community Patent in Europe” on the pretext of promoting of developping
software free market and protecting innovation. In reality, the aim is
to legalize software patents by transfering EU and member state
legislative and judicial power to the European Patent Office. Patent
system does not guarantee continued innovation. A software patent system
in Europe could only be counterproductive and disastrous for economic
development.

For more details, see FFII position paper on
http://consultation.ffii.org/Downloads?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=wgepl0601-11a.pdf

============================================================
FFII's action toward Commission consultation on EU patent
============================================================

FFII first questioned the validity of the procedure, based on the
serious lack of accessibility, which means that a majority of EU
businesses are completely excluded from answering. That’s why FFII
recommended participation to those businesses that are able to do so,
for “Open democracy” means more transparency and effective hearings of
all stakeholders… Following a formal complaint by FFII to the EU
Commission's President Barroso, and meetings between FFII and the
Commission, the Commission agreed to extend its deadline from 31 March
2006 to 12 April 2006. FFII submitted its answer to the consultation
organized by the European Commission last Wednesday 12th of April.

============================================================
EPLA 
============================================================

EPLA (European Patent Litigation Agreement) is a proposed patent law
agreement aimed at creating an optional protocol to the European Patent
Convention (EPC), which would commit its signatory states to an
integrated judicial system. The main driving force behind the EPLA is
legalising software patents and business method patents via case law,
under the assumption that the European Patent Convention still forbids
those with the European Patent Office nevertheless granting them since
the mid 1980s. The proposed "European Patent Judiciary" would lack
independent judges and sufficient democratic control.

For more information, see http://wiki.ffii.org/EplaEn

============================================================
IPRED 2
============================================================

April 27th, 2006. In a statement the EU Commission announced it has
adopted a proposal for a directive to combat intellectual property
offences.The directive would be “[…] applied to all types of intellectual
property right infringements. […]The minimum sentence is a term of four years’
imprisonment where the infringement is committed under the aegis of a
criminal organisation or carries a serious risk to the health and safety
of individuals. The amount of the fine will have to be at least EUR 100
000 or EUR 300 000 where there is a link with a criminal organisation or
any risk to health and safety. Member States may impose heavier penalties
or fines. ” The basic problem is that IPRED 2 assimiles commercial violations of
"intellectual proprety rights" as a criminal offense. In order to fight against
general piracy, this new proposal of directive would penalized much more
campanies than pirates. Like Jonas Maebe, FFII board member, said: "It seems
they want to replace the Lisbon goals with an Alcatraz program."

For more information on IPRED 2, see http://wiki.ffii.org/IpredEp051122En

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Agenda
============================================================

* Brussels, 3-4 May : European Inventor of the Year conference and gala.
FFII was there and made several interviews. See the press release,
http://wiki.ffii.org/Perkins030506En

* Prague, 22-24 May : PATLIB conference tailored to the specific needs and
demands of the staff of National Patent Offices and their Patent
Information Centres. 

* Warsaw, 2-4 June: FFII board conference and meeting. Meet the people who
make your life hell with untold emails about inane subjects, and tell
them what you really think!

* Brussels, 12 June: EU Commission hearings on the future of patent policy in
Europe. The FFII will be there. 

Full calendar on http://new.ffii.org/Calendar

============================================================
About FFII
============================================================

The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) is a
non-profit association registered in several European countries, which
is dedicated to the spread of data processing literacy. FFII supports
the development of public information goods based on copyright, free
competition, open standards. More than 850 members, 3,000 companies and
90,000 supporters have already entrusted the FFII to act as their voice
in public policy questions concerning exclusion rights (intellectual
property) in data processing.

To get more information about FFII, see http://new.ffii.org 

============================================================
Make donations to FFII
============================================================

To pursue its action against software patents, FFII needs donation from
every concerned part. 

See http://new.ffii.org/Donations
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